Since its inception in 2002, the Space Foundation's elite Teacher Liaison program has expanded worldwide, and with the addition of 34 educators for 2015, including 13 from India, has grown to 20 international representatives and 150 active participants.

The 34 new Teacher Liaisons will serve as advocates for space-themed education, and will use Space Foundation-provided training and resources to further integrate space principles into the classroom.

Each January, Teacher Liaison applications are reviewed by a panel of experienced Teacher Liaisons and representatives from the space industry and the military. A criterion for selection is active promotion of space and science education.

The program helps teachers with a passion for space education to connect with other like-minded educators around the globe to share ideas for bringing space themes into the classroom. Teacher Liaisons may be public, private and homeschool teachers, or school administrators, principals, specialists, curriculum and instruction developers, or others who deliver education to students.

The new 2015 Teacher Liaisons are:

Maharashtra, IndiaJoyeeta Adhikari, Vidya Valley School, Pune Rajeshwari Bindra Vidya Valley School, Pune Jyoti Bodhe, DES Secondary School, Pune Sneha Devarhubli, Vidya Valley School, Pune Anindita Ghosh, Vidya Valley School, Pune Swaroop Gokhale, Vidya Valley School, Pune Nidhi Jain, Dolphins International School, Pune Liesle Megan, Vidya Valley School, Pune Reshma Shaikh, Vidya Valley School, Pune Pallavi Sharma, Vidya Valley School, Pune Nilima Shett, Vidya Valley School, Pune Reshmi Sinha, Global Indian International School, Chinchwad, Pune Pallavi Surana, Vidya Valley School, Pune

USA Alaska T. Jerome Baxter, Pearl Creek Elementary, Fairbanks

Arizona Rebekah Kienenberger, Arete Preparatory Academy, Gold Canyon

Colorado Jennie Anderson, Rocky Mountain Classical Academy, Colorado Springs Mary Gordan, Rocky Mountain Academy of Evergreen, Evergreen Nicole McWright, STEM Launch, Thorton Debbie Penny, Skyview Middle School, Colorado Springs Heidi Ragsdale, West Middle School, Grand Junction Sandi Smith, STAR Academy, Colorado Springs

Connecticut Christina Messner, Hamden Public Schools, North Haven

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Space Foundation Teacher Liaison Program Adds 13 Educators in India